Your ONLINE name

Paladin · 07-04-2000 07:30PM #1

Since we were on the topic of names...
Where did half ye get yer online names?
I heard the epic story of DeV's name ,

and now I want to hear more. So who has the coolest name and reason?

07-04-2000 08:18PM

There was a conversation like this in #fortress.ie the other day and it wasnt too exciting.I'd say mine is the best nick.Why i picked it? err....dunno

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Hobbes · 07-04-2000 08:42PM

I don't remember. It's that Tiger from Calvin and Hobbes.

My UT nick (which no one here probably ever sees) is "Tribal Bob" which is the name of the chief of the Manjis in Jumanji.

SantaHoe · 07-04-2000 09:16PM

hmm, dunno.
But I thought it was funny at the time...

Oh wait, now I remember, heh he heh

Lump · 07-04-2000 11:19PM

I'm huge :P

Lump A.K.A John

Paladin · 08-04-2000 12:29AM

Actually Hobbes, originaly I was thinking of calling meself Calvin, and did for a while.

Hobbes · 08-04-2000 02:17AM

All I know is I've had the nick for over 12 years at least (wow). This was before I started on the Internet. Can't remember how it started it but it stuck and there are still some people I know quite well who don't know my real name.. Funny having arguments with muppets on IRC claiming they had the nick first.

Blitzkrieger · 08-04-2000 03:31AM

the meaning of the name is twofold.

First : i like stratedgy games, and generally use blitzkrieg style tactics. Like once, playing Civ2 I captured 142 enemy cities in one turn. Took seven hours though :eek!:

Second : a Blitzkrieger was an elite SS stormtrooper who generally went in ahead of the main attack to disrupt the enemy defenses, which suits my style of play in TFC down to the bone.

Shiminay · 08-04-2000 04:36AM

Kharn (aka Kharn the Betrayer) comes from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, created by Games Workshop. He's a chaos chapion of Khorne don't ya know.

All the best,

Dav
@B^)
http://homepage.eircom.net/~davitt

_CreeD_ · 08-04-2000 06:51AM

Okay, to clear up a common question:

It's NOT from the Band, I had it before I ever heard of them (Been using it for 10 years now) and I've never even heard a song of theirs.....

It just popped into my head and seemed to stick there....It's also an anagram of my name, strangely enough.

Cake Fiend · 08-04-2000 07:36AM

Sico - a mix of sicko and psycho. I've been called these throughout my teenage years. Now where did I put that chainsaw... :P

BTW, yer didn't explain yerself, Paladin...

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08-04-2000 11:55AM

a paladin is a kind of holy knight isnt it?

pat kenny · 08-04-2000 11:57AM

Pat kenny is the name of a guy I met on death row a few years ago (killed his whole family or something)

.He got off on an appeal,heard he went off and did pretty good for himself got a tv job or something.

con

Paladin · 08-04-2000 05:45PM

A Paladin holy? uuuuh no. I dont think so anyway. Its possible I suppose

Should have said at start actually, but my name comes from knights of King Charlemagne's court of 14th century Europe,France/Germany region.
They were the best fighters of their day, true and loyal to their king, and trusted protectors of the crown. Fierce in battle, and never camped. In fact they went to great length to kill campers!

I only remembered the name from the very first computer game I played about 8 years ago- Quest For Glory
but I had read about them before, so it wasnt really from the game.

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metalchicken · 08-04-2000 09:03PM

I am in fact a shiny metal hen.
Typing can be quite a problem

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SantaHoe · 08-04-2000 09:50PM

lol

Manach · 08-04-2000 11:24PM

Manach; Irish for monk, as I spend most of my days in a cell/cubicle.

Stephen · 08-04-2000 11:33PM

Munch...
I eat...
Lots.

Paladin · 09-04-2000 12:26AM

Metalchicken seems to have the lead so far.
(I bet she rekons shes a real hard chick)

Monty - the one and only · 09-04-2000 01:23AM

"Monty" comes from my old school, because the guy who sat had the surname Smithers, I just kept it as a nick after i left school....

"- the one and only" comes from an altercation where another user of the boards some how got my password and stated posting sheer crap, I had to seperate myself from that fools idiotic posts, so there you go!!!

SantaHoe · 09-04-2000 05:53AM

Yes, you can all have a look back at:
The time it happened

oh man that's some funny sh1t!

the grotto

_CreeD_ · 09-04-2000 07:13AM

And there's me worried you were a Chesney Hawks fan....

madyoke · 09-04-2000 11:48AM

I'm known as MAD YOKE

guess why >?

Asuka · 09-04-2000 07:50PM

Paladin i thought came from LOTR - very minor character (in fact he doesnt feature at all, but his son features quite a lot

)

*My* nick come from an animé called Evangelion, same as shinjis. How it came to be and what it is is another story - actually it started as a joke but i never bothered to change it. I am gradually changing it though (i have about 5 other nicks which i use from time to time) due to nasty mispronunciations >_< :P

Work it out...

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GreenHell · 09-04-2000 07:58PM

GREENHELL
comes from the Misfits song GreenHell covered by Metallica in Garage .Inc

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Illkillya · 09-04-2000 08:00PM

no - Paladin was pippin's father. he wasn't a character at all, just mentioned "Peregrin son of Paladin".
But a paladin is like a holy knight champion in shining armour thing. That was in a Terry brooks book i read years ago, and also on the film Stand By Me.
O Paladin, O paladin,
where do you roam?
O Paladin, O paladin,
you are far from home.
Blah blah blah
A knight without armour in a savage land...
The man called Paladin.

09-04-2000 09:09PM

I told you paladin, a holy night!:P

Snaga · 09-04-2000 10:51PM

Snaga

Any Gemmel Readers about?

Jak · 09-04-2000 10:58PM

JAK

Just my Initials

Paladin · 09-04-2000 10:58PM

A holy night would be like christmas or something.
I do realise that the name paladin is much more widespread than I thought. I realised this when it appeared in some new game (I forget the name). I took the name tho, from the information that I mentioned before...knight of charlemagnes court. Look it up in an encyclopedia and I rekon thats what it will tell you. Mine dodnt mention anything about being a holy knight.
Perhaps they are. I didnt do a full historical research on the name yet:P

amp · 10-04-2000 01:15AM

My old (and highly dodgy) webpage contains all the relevant info on my nick.

Lunacy Abounds! Play GLminesweeper!

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